The 2013 Tour de France continued today with Stage 6 of the epic month-long race. Simon Gerrans started the day in the prized Yellow Jersey, but his teammate Daryl Impey finished today's race ahead of him and will now hold the top spot in the general classifications. We'll see Daryl Impey in yellow tomorrow!The stage win went to Andre Greipel of Lotto Belisol.The results for today were:1 -- Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 3:59:022 -- Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale Pro Cycling3 -- Marcel...Read Full Story

Mark Cavendish won Stage 5 of the 2013 Tour de France. The 140+ mile stage took the riders five and a half hours to complete and ended in a full sprint finish. Edvald Boasson Hagen and Peter Sagan put a lot of pressure on Cavendish in the final meters.Simon Gerrans of Australia will retain his yellow jersey for yet another day. His teammates on Orica-GreenEDGE pulled hard to keep Gerrans at the front of the pack. He finished in the 15th position for Stage 5 which will keep him at the top...Read Full Story

Today marked the opening of the 2013 Tour de France. All eyes were on Mark Cavendish and Peter Sagan this morning, but both riders got hung up in a crash that took the top spinters out of the running for a Stage 1 victory. German rider Marcel Kittel took advantage of the opportunity and beat Alexander Kristoff in the final sprint. Kittel will wear the prized yellow jersey to start Stage 2 tomorrow.The other big story from today's opening stage was about a bus that got stuck at the finish...Read Full Story

Tour de France 2013 Route Map. Source: letour.comThe 100th Tour de France starts tomorrow in Porto Vecchio, on the island of Corsica. The 21 stage race is considered the crown jewel of international cycling and will attract more international media attention than any other cycling event of the year.
Just under 200 racers will start Le Tour on a relatively flat stage along the coast of Corsica. The day's winner will get to wear the prized yellow jersey (French: maillot jaune) - so...Read Full Story

Chris Froome watches as Alberto Contador of Spain shakes hands with Cadel Evans of Australia. (Getty Images)more pics Top 3 For Yellow1. Chris FroomeWhy: Fromme had a 2nd place finish in the 2012 Tour and is just coming from a string of victories so far in 2013. He's also now the lead rider for Team Sky (last year Fromme supported his teammate Bradley Wiggins, who ultimately won... but Wiggins isn't racing this year because of knee problems). Look for Fromme to hammer his competitors on the...Read Full Story

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Mark Cavendish (May 21, 1985) is a racing cyclist. In the 2008 Tour de France he won four stages, a then unprecedented achievement for a British cyclist (he surpassed the feat, winning six stages in 2009) and he has since been described as the fastest sprinter in the world. See more on Mark Cavendish here.